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From USA Weekend!

For Robert Pattinson, maintaining a vampiric six-pack in the “Twilight” movies is harder than it looks. “I think I’ve probably reached the peak of my conditioning,” the British actor says. “I’ve had to stop going to the gym now.”

It’s not the ab crunches that are getting him down these days - it’s the nonstop fight sequences during the Canadian filming of “Eclipse,” the third movie in the series based on Stephenie Meyer’s uber-popular book series. But before that comes out next year, Twilighters, twi-hards and everybody in between will be able to see Pattinson, as Edward Cullen, come to undead life on screen in “Twilight: New Moon,” in theaters Nov. 20.

Last year’s “Twilight” set up the love affair of vampire Edward and his human muse, the shy Bella (Kristen Stewart), while in “New Moon,” they become part of a love triangle with the hunky werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner).

Pattinson says he’s tried to reinvent Edward, he of the golden eyes and James Dean charisma, each time around. Dracula he’s not. For one, Edward has no problem taking a walk during daylight hours - the sunlight actually makes his skin sparkle, a fact that has vampire purists baring their fangs.
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At the Twi-Tour in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz answered a few fan questions about their experience in working with Robert Pattinson.

Kellan says he would like Rob to get on the New Moon soundtrack, saying that he turns into a talented angel once he starts singing.

Robert Pattinson has played down speculation that he will feature on the soundtrack for New Moon.

Speaking to Metro, he said: “I don’t think [I will be on the soundtrack] this time. It’s still early on, but there are so many people that might be on it.

“The last one did so well, so loads of bands want to go on it. Bands that I would never ever have thought would be on a soundtrack I think are going to be on it this time.”

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Another clip from How To Be, this time Art is singing Choking on Dust.

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Robert Pattinson takes to the stage in How To Be to sing I’m Doin’ Fine. It’s the final scene and Art is singing with his band.

The How To Be soundtrack will be released on CD and digital download on April 28. The soundtrack includes three original songs performed by the star of How To Be, Robert Pattinson.

The digital download will be available from iTunes and other retailers on April 28. The CD is available for pre-order now through Dreamboat Records.

A special 12-page booklet featuring song lyrics, new How To Be photos and one of two randomly selected fold-out posters of Robert Pattinson and the cast accompanies the CD. 250 lucky fans that pre-order the CD will be selected at random to receive a CD including a booklet poster signed by Robert Pattinson.

Track Listing

The 23-track collection features three orginal songs performed by Robert Pattinson, the striking original score by composer Joe Hastings and the quirky electronic sounds of musician-actor Johnny White, who plays Ronny in the film. A must-have soundtrack for any Pattinson fan, other musical highlights include ‘Old Man’ by Love, ‘Clear Spot’ by elusive genius Captain Beefheart and ‘Hammond Song’ by The Roches (as heard in the trailer).

1. Opening Credits — Joe Hastings
2. Chokin’ on the Dust Part 1 — Performed by Robert Pattinson *
3. “It’s not your fault” — Joe Hastings
4. Hell Awaits — The Rollercoaster Project
5. “You don’t actually have things all that bad” — How To Be
6. Old Man — Love
7. Chokin’ on the Dust Part 2 — Performed by Robert Pattinson *
8. “Sometimes we all need a little help” — Joe Hastings
9. Dr Ellington Arrives — Joe Hastings
10. “Visualize a time” — Joe Hastings
11. Jam Session — How To Be
12. 1996 — The Rollercoaster Project
13. Nikki’s Song — Mike Pearce
14. Puzzle — Joe Hastings
15. Cemetery — Joe Hastings
16. Off Licence — Joe Hastings
17. Process 1 — The Rollercoaster Project
18. Clear Spot — Captain Beefheart
19. Hammond Song — The Roches
20. Final Call — Joe Hastings
21. “You’re not a nobody” — How To Be
22. Doin’ Fine — Performed by Robert Pattinson *
23. End Credits — Joe Hastings

* By Joe Hastings and Oliver Irving

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke was this week’s Guest DJ on Santa Monica public radio station KCRW, and shared five songs that have inspired her. You can listen below (for a transcript, click here.)

Her number 2 choice was Robert Pattinson’s “Let Me Sign”.

“After we made the whole morphing crazy dream sequence we took that on my laptop back into another little studio in the valley, and then Rob literally sang and just played to the image on the screen,” she said. “And I just watched Rob sing this song, maybe ten different times. Every time it sounded like something almost completely different, because it just came out of him, this kind of raw feeling and in a way, that was my favorite day that I’ve had in the last two years, just being there in the studio, and watching music just come out of somebody’s body.”

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Robert Pattinson may be at a local club supporting his great friend and writing partner Sam Bradley tonight! The Vancouver Sun reports this:

Thousands of fans will be wondering if Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson is going to show up on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive Saturday evening to watch his pal, Canadian singer/songwriter Sam Bradley, perform.

Best friends Bradley and Pattinson co-wrote the hit single from the Twilight soundtrack, Never Think-Too Far Gone.

The show, featuring Bradley and his band The Men, are performing a show at the Grandview Legion at 2005 Commercial Drive. The doors open at 7 p.m.

The show is sold out.

Bradley and his band are returning from a European tour and will perform songs from his his upcoming album, tentatively titled Passport, as well as his hit single.

But the question remains: Will the Twilight vampire, who is in Vancouver shooting the flick’s sequel, New Moon, appear to hear his pal, or even perform alongside him? And will other cast members keep him company?

Fans will find out Saturday evening on The Drive.

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Robert Pattinson’s piano concert on the Twilight DVD extras.

Just WOW.

Bobby Long remembers a very different Robert Pattinson than the actor and object of global female attention.

Long remembers the anonymous Robert from his Soho, London period when the still-struggling actor was doing his best to write great songs with his mates—like Bobby and Marcus Foster—until all hours of the morning.
“Robert lived in a dingy, horrible, little flat in Soho near Denmark Street,” Long recalls to Celebuzz. “We used to hang out and play music until five in the morning, really going for it. Drinking and all that stuff.”

“We only ate pizza for like two months. We ballooned on weight,” Long recalls. “But it probably helped the vampire look. I know I was really pale.”

“It was really chilled-out. Watching films, listening to music and writing.”

Chilled-out except for the danger element, since the group also hung out on the steeply pitched building rooftop. “We used to write our songs on the roof. It was Mary Poppins high up,” says Long. “We were on ledges eating pizza. Our music was drowned out by taxis and buses.”
“Looking back now it is funny how dangerous it was.”

Long says he wasn’t truly even aware Pattinson was an actor after meeting him at an open-mic night. “I thought he was a musician like myself just struggling through. A student like me,” Long says. “I didn’t know he was an actor.”

As the friendship grew, the acting connections worked out well for all the musicians when Robert returned to London after shooting Twilight. Long and Foster played a song they had written called “Let Me Sign” in Pattinson’s apartment. It was nothing serious. “We were kind of just mucking around with it,” says Long.

“(Robert) thought the song was really cool and took it to L.A.,” Long recalls. “Before I knew it, it was going to be used in the film.”

Although Long and Foster had written a “country” song about love, the lyrics about signing away one’s soul to a woman lent themselves perfectly to undead love (for example, “Damned by the light coming out of her eyes”). That was not the intention going in, Long insists. “But if I tried to write a vampire song, I could not have done it as well as that.”

The song was famously performed by Robert in the film. Long was able to see the emotional impact first-hand when he heard the song at the London Twilight premiere. “Everyone was crying during the song,” he says. “I feel like it’s his song now. He’s incredible at interpreting people’s work.”

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